Obama's Bitch

What has Vice President Joe Biden been up to? Have you seen or heard from him since the White House racial summit, where he was invited to be the second white guy in attendance. (We were told, [wink-wink] he drank non-alcoholic beer - more on that later this week.)

Interesting Biden update today. It doesn't sound like his limited role in the Obama administration is what he signed up for. Biden associates say his relationship with Obama is evolving. Coming to the political partnership with no real friendship to speak of, Biden has sought to cultivate one with Obama since the swearing-in. A Biden aide calls the process a "courtship after the marriage."

"Courtship after the marriage"? Biden better hope it's better than the one Hillary had with Bill.

For the sake of the GOP, I hope Obama allows for Biden to have a much larger part in his administration. You say 'potato', Dan Quayle says 'potatoe'! Biden says:

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," ... "I mean, that's a storybook, man." (On Barack Obama)

"Jill and I had the great honor of standing on that stage, looking across at one of the great justices, Justice Stewart." (On Justice John Paul Stevens)

"You know, I'm embarrassed. Do you know the web site number?" (When asked website address of of recovery.gov)

"Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs."

"Stand up Chuck, let em see ya!" (A request made to a guy in wheelchair)

"Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me."

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed." (FDR wasn't president until more than 3 years later, and only prototype TVs existed at the time)

"I would tell members of my family -- and I have -- I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now. It's not that it's going to Mexico. It's you're in a confined aircraft. When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft." (Speaking about the swine flu on the Today Show last April)

"An hour late, oh give me a f**king break." , (Caught on microphone, speaking about a late Amtrak train, prior to trumpeting the merits of a billion dollar investment in light rail)

"A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States — Barack America!" "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking."

“In Louisiana there’s 400 people a day losing their jobs, what’s he doing?” (A shot a LA Governor Bobby Jindhal - when LA was actually gaining jobs)

"If you want to know where Al Qaeda lives, you want to know where Bin Laden is, come back to Afghanistan with me. ... Come back to the area where my helicopter was forced down, with a three-star general and three senators at 10,500 feet in the middle of those mountains. I can tell you where they are," (Such an event never happened)

“I think we vastly underestimate the hand that we hold,” he said, noting that Russia’s economy and population are “withering.” (After a diplomatic trip to Eastern Europe)

"Biden said a young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment." (Reported by Newsweek - from a Gridiron Club dinner, where he disclosed the secret location of an underground bunker.)